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back and forth, nerves clos

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mant in New York, but the co

lf of what he was trying to say. Something ab

red ring contributes to the growing tensio

phone on the couch of inconven

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red, passing my hair a

ntinued, and every word is urgently clear. "You have t

"Are you sure?" I asked a low

rmed," he

killed my fist against the counter and

st flight from the

he plane heading straight to

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an'

el, my mind was stil

dly weighed on me, but I neede

ork air and decided to walk

so many people, so much noise ..

k, I noticed that a mother and

ghing, full of energy, while the woman

ntil suddenly, a boy, maybe fiv

hest and I stopped dead in my foot

urmured, more confuse

laughing. I looked at him and frowned when I wipe

y, it's n

ay more, but then

she said, sharp

he woman who owned her voice caught m

an from that night. The one

e. She was too focused on her son

e stepped forward, her attitude was defe

e a problem

e. Her eyes .. those same eyes .. didn't hold reco

eep his voice calm. "I just didn't

look, her tone col

should have watche

wer right away. Instead, I looked down at a boy who was still giggli

e, her eyes still careful, her

away from my

st turned away, her hand grabbed a l

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hotel room, James welcom

in his eyes I saw tension. "It's ti

ave a

f the woman on the back of the mind

UV, the engine was screaming to live when J

t has always meant a business. I knew we were headin

it was a place to go down, and

e city, we pulled ourselves t

when we were Jame

ight place," I murmur

ing didn't

entrance. Every step felt harder, as if we were t

, and the hand was instinctively mov

ound of the tracks that was approaching, and then by a

tiff

e corner, all armed, all look

s a se

st as I reached for my weapon, t